Name: The Buckingham Murders
Director: Hansal Mehta
Genre: Crime
Released: 2024-09-13
Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Brar, Keith Allen

Synopsis

The Buckingham Murders

Jasmeet "Jass" Bhamra, a British-Indian detective, is grieving the death of her son, who was killed by a drug-addicted shooter. She takes a transfer to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, where she is assigned the case of a missing Indian boy, Ishpreet, by Superintendent Miller. With her superior, DI Hardik "Hardy" Patel, she interviews Ishpreet's parents, Daljeet and Preeti Kohli, whose marriage is suffering, and learns the boy was adopted. Jass also discovers that Patel has history with the family, particularly with their relative, who is a former drug dealer. Via CCTV footage, the police locate Ishpreet's last-known location at a park, where they begin an overnight search. At dawn, Patel tells his tired team to go home and ventures into the park with his subordinate, Simon. They discover Ishpreet's dead body in an abandoned car. The police trace the car to a Muslim man, whose nephew, Saquib, is seen borrowing the car on the day of the murder. He is revealed to be a drug-addict, and also has history with Patel. On further investigation, they find that Saquib was with the local Imam's son, Naved, on that day. During his interview, Naved reveals that Saquib killed Ishpreet (who was delivering cocaine to them) in a fit of rage. Saquib is arrested, but Jass is unconvinced. She tries to reason with Patel and Miller, but when Patel taunts her for losing her son, she punches him. Miller puts her off the case. Jass, now given a desk job, is still quietly investigating the murder.

Director: Hansal Mehta
Release: 13 Sep 2024
Run time: 107 min
Language: Hindi

Cast & crew

KA Kareena Kapoor Khan Cast RA Ranveer Brar Cast

Keith Allen Cast

Hansal Mehta Director

Reviews

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Critics' consensus

Mixed

Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for The Buckingham Murders, reception is mixed.

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Bollywood Hungama

Aseem Arrora, Kashyap Kapoor and Raghav Raj Kakker's story is decent and could have made for a great whodunit. Aseem Arrora, Kashyap Kapoor and Raghav Raj Kakker's screenplay, however, is not tight and has loose ends. Aseem Arrora, Kashyap Kapoor and Raghav Raj Kakker's dialogues are normal. Hansal Mehta’s direction is not up to the mark, and one expects a lot from him since he has proved his worth. To give credit where it's due, he establishes the setting, the case, the characters and the complexities nicely. The 1 hour 49 minutes long film keeps one engaged. There’s no dull moment while the suspense is also a shocker. However, the way it unravels makes you feel like you are watching an episode of ‘CID’ or ‘Crime Patrol’.

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India Today Zinia Bandyopadhyay

Hansal Mehta is a master craftsman, and he proves it once again with The Buckingham Murders. He holds the reins of the film with the perfect grip – neither too tightly for it to be just another run-of-the-mill murder mystery nor too loose for it to spill everywhere and let audiences’ attention scatter. And, he also knows how to get the best from the actors. In fact, he even amazingly portrays grief with the change in appearance of his lead actor, Kareena Kapoor. He makes it a point to show a stark contrast in her appearance in frames where she remembers the moments with her son.

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